Author: Ethan J. Skolnick

When I returned to the Palm Beach Post in 2010, I did so for two reasons.

One, of course, was circumstantial. Yup, I was a bit of a bandwagoner. LeBron James had just taken his talents to South Beach (or, more accurately, across Biscayne Bay from it). He didn’t take them to Davie or Miami Gardens or Sunrise. I’d chronicled enough mediocrity over the course of the past eight years as …

Much has changed since Michael Beasley last played for the Miami Heat.

The Heat have won two championships.

They have done so, by leaning on mature veterans.

The question now is whether Beasley has changed enough to fit in.

The former No. 2 overall pick, who has worn out his welcome in Minnesota and Phoenix, signed a non-guaranteed minimum contract. That will give the Heat an opportunity to evaluate whether — with veteran influences …

It would be overselling to characterize Oct. 19 as an NBA finals rematch.

Based on the history of the two teams, it’s unlikely that the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs will both play all of their stars in a preseason contest. After all, the Heat sat their top players against the Spurs during the 2012 preseason, and then the teams took turns resting starters in their two regular season meetings, …

Maybe it was the reports — however sketchy — of potential back surgery, but the Cleveland Cavaliers chose not to claim Mike Miller on amnesty waivers. Nor did any other team that was under the salary cap.

That’s great news for Miller, and for the West contenders.

It’s not so great for the Heat.

It means that Miller will get his entire remaining salary (two years, $12.8 million) from the Heat, and then …